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John
Kennedy		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: May 29, 1941 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 21 BSN NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 5
1963 22 BSN NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1964 23 BSN NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 7 3 3 3 6 5 5
1965 24 BSN NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 7 6 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1966 25 TAM AL     3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 6
1967 26 TAM AL     3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 5
1968 27 TAM AL     3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 5 5
1969 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1970 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 6
1971 30 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1972 31 NYA AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1973 32 NYA AL $ 350,000   2 2 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1974 33 NYA AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5
1975 34 DET AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1962 21 A   137 526 59 142 27 4 16 75 14 8 65 101 .270 .350 .428 .778 79.3  
1963 22 A   136 508 73 144 26 2 23 88 12 6 68 88 .283 .368 .478 .846 88.8  
1964 23 A   137 519 57 153 29 11 15 62 10 8 58 80 .295 .366 .480 .845 86.7  
1965 24 AA   137 532 48 124 23 3 9 43 18 8 57 101 .233 .307 .338 .646 58.0  
1966 25 A   107 410 68 116 31 3 16 55 13 5 45 54 .283 .354 .490 .844 69.3  
1967 26 AAA   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
    AA   30 57 12 14 4 1 1 12 4 1 7 6 .246 .328 .404 .732 8.0  
    A   55 209 46 57 15 1 11 36 4 3 31 40 .273 .367 .512 .879 38.4  
1968 27 A   87 211 40 58 18 0 8 30 4 4 17 25 .275 .329 .474 .803 31.0  
1969 28 NYA AL 117 315 19 41 15 1 1 17 2 4 19 58 .130 .198 .194 .391 5.6 0.0
1970 29 NYA AL 92 194 13 28 11 1 2 13 1 2 15 43 .144 .206 .242 .448 8.2 0.0
1971 30 NYA AL 108 281 31 51 13 0 2 11 6 3 16 69 .181 .235 .249 .484 14.9 0.0
1972 31 AAA   80 262 29 48 5 1 11 35 4 2 26 50 .183 .257 .336 .593 24.4  
    AA   56 223 23 51 12 2 3 12 3 3 25 33 .229 .306 .341 .647 23.6  
1973 32 AAA   136 457 48 94 22 1 6 51 6 7 52 76 .206 .287 .298 .584 39.7  
1974 33 NYA AL 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
    AAA   137 486 49 83 14 0 7 38 6 9 51 117 .171 .250 .243 .492 28.0  
1975 34 AAA   77 249 22 37 11 0 2 9 5 2 23 56 .149 .221 .217 .437 10.5  
    A   31 122 17 25 0 0 5 11 2 1 12 15 .205 .276 .328 .604 12.0  
4 Years Sim 320 794 63 120 39 2 5 41 9 9 50 170 .151 .212 .224 .436 28.0 0.0
5 Years AAA 434 1455 148 262 52 2 26 133 21 21 152 299 .180 .264 .272 .536 102.2  
3 Years AA 223 812 83 189 39 6 13 67 25 12 89 140 .233 .314 .344 .657 89.7  
7 Years A 690 2505 360 695 146 21 94 357 59 35 296 403 .277 .360 .465 .825 405.6  
15 Years Minors 1347 4772 591 1146 237 29 133 557 105 68 537 842 .240 .323 .386 .708 597.4  
162 Game Average 401 31 60 19 1 2 20 4 4 25 86 .151 .212 .224 .436 14.2  
Career Highs 117 315 31 51 15 1 2 17 6 4 19 69 .181 .235 .249 .484 14.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   525 46 83 25 2 4 28 7 7 32 116 .158 .218 .236 .455 19.3
vs LH   269 17 37 14 0 1 13 2 2 18 54 .138 .199 .201 .400 6.1
Home 159 392 38 60 21 1 5 25 3 2 27 90 .153 .215 .250 .465 17.1
Away 161 402 25 60 18 1 0 16 6 7 23 80 .149 .209 .199 .408 8.3
RISP   130 0 23 6 1 2 32 0 0 10 30 .177 .236 .285 .521 8.4
Pinch Hitting   10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .182 .100 .282 -0.4
Close/Late   94 10 12 6 0 0 2 0 0 4 19 .128 .163 .191 .355 0.8
Mar/Apr 49 99 8 21 7 0 1 9 2 3 5 22 .212 .255 .313 .568 6.6
May 53 116 10 21 10 0 0 4 2 1 6 26 .181 .234 .267 .501 5.7
June 47 111 9 16 5 0 1 3 3 1 8 22 .144 .215 .216 .431 3.9
July 52 130 6 13 1 0 0 4 0 1 8 31 .100 .163 .108 .271 -2.1
August 60 178 13 25 8 1 0 5 2 2 12 41 .140 .207 .197 .404 3.9
Sep/Oct 59 160 17 24 8 1 3 16 0 1 11 28 .150 .213 .269 .481 7.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1969 28 NYA AL SS 41 31 276.7 38 128 6 24 .965 5.40   1.4
    2B 21 16 148.0 26 66 4 8 .958 5.59   0.4
    RF 15 15 126.0 29 2 0 2 1.000 2.21   0.3
    LF 18 12 120.7 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.86    
    1B 16 14 109.0 123 11 1 14 .993 11.06   0.3
    3B 11 3 39.0 1 9 2 0 .833 2.31   0.1
1970 29 NYA AL LF 25 20 170.0 45 1 0 0 1.000 2.44   0.7
    RF 18 11 104.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.99    
    2B 26 7 101.7 27 41 0 11 1.000 6.02   0.4
    SS 13 11 99.7 16 37 4 2 .930 4.79   0.3
    3B 8 4 42.0 0 10 1 2 .909 2.14   0.1
    1B 4 0 9.0 9 2 0 0 1.000 11.00   0.0
1971 30 NYA AL SS 46 36 331.3 50 141 7 25 .965 5.19   1.6
    2B 14 14 115.3 36 37 1 13 .986 5.70   0.2
    3B 12 10 88.3 11 19 1 1 .968 3.06   0.3
    RF 14 5 71.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.63   0.2
    LF 11 6 63.3 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.27    
    1B 3 2 15.7 17 2 1 3 .950 10.92   0.0
1974 33 NYA AL RF 2 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 100 78 707.7 104 306 17 51 .960 5.21   3.3
  2B 61 37 365.0 89 144 5 32 .979 5.75   1.0
  LF 54 38 354.0 86 1 0 0 1.000 2.21   0.7
  RF 49 31 309.7 67 2 0 2 1.000 2.01   0.5
  3B 32 17 170.3 12 38 4 3 .926 2.64   0.4
  1B 23 16 133.7 149 15 2 17 .988 11.04   0.4
Career Totals   319 217 2040.3 507 506 28 105 .973 4.47   6.3
Career Highs   122 91 819.3 242 216 13 48 1.000 5.03    
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 58th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1962
Injured on 6/15/1962 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 3 days
Injured on 4/4/1966 with a Fractured Nose, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/6/1966 with a Broken Foot, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 6/1/1966 (Going to BSN: P Don Lee. Going to TAM: 3B John Kennedy)
Injured on 3/7/1967 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (A) on 2/3/1969 (Going to TAM: P Steve Hamilton. Going to NYA: C Johnny Romano, P Paul Foytack, P Billy Wynne, 2B Luis Alcaraz, 3B John Kennedy)
Had first career hit (double) on 4/8/1969, off Luke Walker (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 9/21/1969, off Chris Zachary (TOR)
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/8/1972 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 7/31/1975 (Going to NYA: P Wally Bunker. Going to DET: RF Wayne Comer, LF Eddie Leon, RF John Kennedy)
 
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